The Perpetual Healing Garden - SweetSue's Joyful Return
KeifKeith
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Hello Sue, and all the other frequenters of SweetSues lounge!
I've been off of 420Mag for a few weeks, just got back into town and onto the grid! It's been a great little adventure, too much to tell on here, but I am refreshed and invigorated after a sudden road gig popped up with a friends band. Their regular Bass player had a health issue sideline him for 6 weeks and I decided to fill in and cover his position. What a trip! Like being 20 again, without all the dumbass choices I made at 20.
I've spent a few days reading and catching up around here, several threads on here seem to progress at light speed. I see many newer folks and the old stalwarts are still keeping this site the best on the Web. Good stuff folks.
Sorry about your Mite infestation Sue, they can really suck the life from a grow. After I got my grow space totally pristine, I found a small amount of rosemary oil added to the waterings prevented the soil from contributing to the lifecycle. Just a bit that has worked for me in the past.
Back to catching up!
KeifKeith
I've been off of 420Mag for a few weeks, just got back into town and onto the grid! It's been a great little adventure, too much to tell on here, but I am refreshed and invigorated after a sudden road gig popped up with a friends band. Their regular Bass player had a health issue sideline him for 6 weeks and I decided to fill in and cover his position. What a trip! Like being 20 again, without all the dumbass choices I made at 20.
I've spent a few days reading and catching up around here, several threads on here seem to progress at light speed. I see many newer folks and the old stalwarts are still keeping this site the best on the Web. Good stuff folks.
Sorry about your Mite infestation Sue, they can really suck the life from a grow. After I got my grow space totally pristine, I found a small amount of rosemary oil added to the waterings prevented the soil from contributing to the lifecycle. Just a bit that has worked for me in the past.
Back to catching up!
KeifKeith
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Keith! What a delight to find you here.
An excellent reason for a 420 mag break. Glad to hear you're making better choices. Lol!
What timing. I'm out and can pick up some rosemary oil right now.
lexort420
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Maybe your brownies are more potent cause of anandamide in the chocolate lol just messing. Seriously though i have been reading a bit on anandamide and it's pretty interesting. Here is just a little tid bit i copied from wiki real quick since i can't share in my own words lol.
Anandamide's effects can occur in either the central or peripheral nervous system. These distinct effects are mediated primarily by CB1 cannabinoid receptors in the central nervous system, and CB2 cannabinoid receptors in the periphery.[6] The latter are mainly involved in functions of the immune system. Cannabinoid receptors were originally discovered as being sensitive to Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC, commonly called THC), which is the primary psychoactive cannabinoid found in cannabis. The discovery of anandamide came from research into CB1 and CB2, as it was inevitable that a naturally occurring (endogenous) chemical would be found to affect these receptors.
Anandamide's effects can occur in either the central or peripheral nervous system. These distinct effects are mediated primarily by CB1 cannabinoid receptors in the central nervous system, and CB2 cannabinoid receptors in the periphery.[6] The latter are mainly involved in functions of the immune system. Cannabinoid receptors were originally discovered as being sensitive to Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC, commonly called THC), which is the primary psychoactive cannabinoid found in cannabis. The discovery of anandamide came from research into CB1 and CB2, as it was inevitable that a naturally occurring (endogenous) chemical would be found to affect these receptors.
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Anandamide, the "BLISS" molecule. Lol! THC is functionally a perfect match for anandamide. A match made in heaven.
The chocolate is brain food for women. Any woman being honest will back me up.
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I'm lost in Carnival tonight. I trimmed off some of the popcorn buds I left on knowing they'd dry faster and I could cherry-pick them. My system is starting to run out of steam. Lol! Smoking something that's NOT YET super-potentiated is a bit of a relief.
It was everything I could do though to keep myself from eating another half brownie when I was wrapping them after dinner. Lol! A few more days and she'll be ready to jar up. What I'm smoking tonight is a sweet indicator of the fun times ahead. Two hits and I have to stop and do something, anything, before I come back and try again. I'm running two hits an hour. And flying. I forgot that part. Lol! When this gets a long decarb...........
Oh my Lord, we're a unique lot, are we not?
Sounds like your having too much fun... JK, but way cool you got something that works for ya... Keepem Green
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Emerald (Day 55) I haven't given up on her, she's struggling so hard it's difficult to bring her out for playtime. We finally decided on a plan. She's staying in this pot, because, really, there's no reason to stress her any more. I started her on a mild run of 1/2 tsp Micro, 1/2 tsp Grow, and 1/4 tsp Bloom, very carefully ph'd to 5.5. Start low and increase slowly. Let's see if I can catch this over the next couple weeks, get her steady enough to risk flowering.
I'll be showering her with liberal doses of love. She deserves to shine herself. I just want her getting fed correctly. It hurts my heart to make a plant struggle like this. I know there's a way.
Thank you lexort. You've been my rock through all of this.
I'll be honest my friend, my loyalty to you is the reason she still lives. I hear your heart call out on her behalf every day.
I'll be showering her with liberal doses of love. She deserves to shine herself. I just want her getting fed correctly. It hurts my heart to make a plant struggle like this. I know there's a way.
Thank you lexort. You've been my rock through all of this.
I'll be honest my friend, my loyalty to you is the reason she still lives. I hear your heart call out on her behalf every day.
AKgramma
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Personally, I don't see anything wrong with her. A lot of my plants look like this. 
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Personally, I don't see anything wrong with her. A lot of my plants look like this.
I'm fruitlessly chasing perfection AKgramma. I understand the futility, but I persist in doing so anyway. I'll get past it.
This is a new approach for me, and I resist until it pisses me off and then I start paying attention to how things work and adjust. I'm hard-headed to a fault and oft times let myself be intimidated by that which I don't yet understand.
I'm also spoiled by the memory of my first grow. I know I can do it, because I already did. In my mind that suggests that the success of that initial grow is possible to replicate consistently in this apartment, with my personal constraints.
I'm 63 years old and still learning to live in the now, not in the past and not in the future, but right here, right now. When I get there my grow will reflect it.
AKgramma
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When I look back in my gallery, I am surprised at how my perception of my first grow differs from my pictoral record of it. Perfection? Far from it, but the pics look darned good for someone who was brand new to the Cannabis world.
Different strains, different equipment, different nutes, different lighting. A continual JOURNEY. And it is the JOURNEY in which we learn, and perhaps gain joy from.
Different strains, different equipment, different nutes, different lighting. A continual JOURNEY. And it is the JOURNEY in which we learn, and perhaps gain joy from.
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When I look back in my gallery, I am surprised at how my perception of my first grow differs from my pictoral record of it. Perfection? Far from it, but the pics look darned good for someone who was brand new to the Cannabis world.
Different strains, different equipment, different nutes, different lighting. A continual JOURNEY. And it is the JOURNEY in which we learn, and perhaps gain joy from.
Thank you.
So true. That first grow....... Like the first love. Lol! 
kelticBlue
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I watch and learn from my cats and when my dog was alive from her. I love how they live "in the now"
They help me with that.
AnyWho I have fallen way behind here. And will fall further behind over the holidays upcoming, so doing a quick drive by...
I will be back
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I watch and learn from my cats and when my dog was alive from her. I love how they live "in the now"
They help me with that.
AnyWho I have fallen way behind here. And will fall further behind over the holidays upcoming, so doing a quick drive by...
I will be back
Good to see you this morning keltic.
Fill those holiday memories with joy. The pages get away from me sometimes too. Lol! Good morning everyone.
It's one of the perks to being SweetSue that the first thought through my mind upon waking sounds like
"Is it time to have my brownie yet?"
Yes it is, Susan, yes it is.
Joy people. This is our season. Let's show them how it's done.
GaBoy420
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Hey Sue, for your old dirt, why not buy one of those 25-30 gallon Rubbermaid tubs and some Red Wiggler Worms (Walmart outdoor department usually has them live), and start a Worm bin with it?
That's what I do with all of my old dirt and in 3-4 months, it's great dirt again with tons of worm castings! Just make sure to drill some holes in the bottom of the bin first.
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That's what I do with all of my old dirt and in 3-4 months, it's great dirt again with tons of worm castings! Just make sure to drill some holes in the bottom of the bin first.
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An excellent idea GaBoy420, and one I'd jump on if I hadn't already managed to kill three consecutive worm communities.
At the demise of the last batch I promised the cosmos I'd kill no more worms, and I'd guarantee that by not bringing any more into my home. It was painful to me to cause such destruction. I can't do that again. If I dump it at the community gardens the worms will do the same thing and the community benefits. I'll be switching the entire grow to Doc's system, and that uses Pro-Mix HP. I'll have no need for reclaimed soil with that system.
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Just a little mite control
I had to get in there and surgically remove the leaves showing the worst infestation. I've inspected them closely enough to have learned a couple things. They tend to hold tight to the leaf when you remove it, providing you're not jiggling it around willy-nilly in front of a fan. Lol! No, I didn't make that particular mistake.
The leaves on their way out of the apartment.
The bucket of water and Dr. Bonner's peppermint Castile soap was instrumental in pulling this delicate task off. I keep the cutter in the right hand and the left hand, the one grasping the leaf the right hand will then trim off, is dipped into the soapy water between each and every cut. I make certain that anything falling off the leaf falls into my soapy hand, which will once again be wiped clean before reaching back into the tent.
The plastic bags and basins I was playing around with yesterday got to spend the day in the freezing cold. That should take care of anything that fell off.
I understand that once you bring them into the abode they can be nearly impossible to get rid of. The battle for valuable leaf real estate continues. I'm doing my best to keep enough big fans to appreciate the way these Carnival plants color up on the way out.
There should be at least an ounce dry between them. It doesn't matter in the end, but one can hope.
This time I need to remember to try Ziggy's cold dry technique. I'll need a screen top for the jar.
I had to get in there and surgically remove the leaves showing the worst infestation. I've inspected them closely enough to have learned a couple things. They tend to hold tight to the leaf when you remove it, providing you're not jiggling it around willy-nilly in front of a fan. Lol! No, I didn't make that particular mistake.
The leaves on their way out of the apartment.
The bucket of water and Dr. Bonner's peppermint Castile soap was instrumental in pulling this delicate task off. I keep the cutter in the right hand and the left hand, the one grasping the leaf the right hand will then trim off, is dipped into the soapy water between each and every cut. I make certain that anything falling off the leaf falls into my soapy hand, which will once again be wiped clean before reaching back into the tent.
The plastic bags and basins I was playing around with yesterday got to spend the day in the freezing cold. That should take care of anything that fell off.
I understand that once you bring them into the abode they can be nearly impossible to get rid of. The battle for valuable leaf real estate continues. I'm doing my best to keep enough big fans to appreciate the way these Carnival plants color up on the way out.
There should be at least an ounce dry between them. It doesn't matter in the end, but one can hope.
This time I need to remember to try Ziggy's cold dry technique. I'll need a screen top for the jar.
KingstonRabbi
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A word of encouragement on mites. I've been fighting them since August when they decimated my first crop. Thought I had them under control a couple times. They keep reappearing, but each time fewer plants and lighter infestation. Quick spray of neem stopped them before they did much damage. Now I can spot the tiny white dots before mites are even visible. Key here is that my leaves are healthy enough this time around that I can spot little things like that. They're gone before they can do any damage. Once tragic consequences have been reduced to no big deal, like doing an extra Brix or Destress spray per week. They are not having any noticeable impact on my grow.
Also I found one plant that seemed to be harboring them in it's leafy curly buds. It's gone now so control should get even easier.
Also I found one plant that seemed to be harboring them in it's leafy curly buds. It's gone now so control should get even easier.
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A word of encouragement on mites. I've been fighting them since August when they decimated my first crop. Thought I had them under control a couple times. They keep reappearing, but each time fewer plants and lighter infestation. Quick spray of neem stopped them before they did much damage. Now I can spot the tiny white dots before mites are even visible. Key here is that my leaves are healthy enough this time around that I can spot little things like that. They're gone before they can do any damage. Once tragic consequences have been reduced to no big deal, like doing an extra Brix or Destress spray per week. They are not having any noticeable impact on my grow.
Also I found one plant that seemed to be harboring them in it's leafy curly buds. It's gone now so control should get even easier.
Ohhh......
Thank you so much for the encouragement KR. You know first hand how demoralizing it can be if you let it. I was laughing with them earlier as I was trimming out the worst infestations about how the DDA that got infested gave me the most potent trichomes. They have my permission to follow suit.
Healthy leaves make it much easier to spot the mite activity. These two are growing in kit soil and have beautiful leaves. My best so far, and the irony that I have to slice and dice them isn't lost on me at all. Lol!
Thankfully I have these small tents. The thought of containing an infestation in a full tent makes me shudder. Eventually these will finish and I'll scrub it all down. It's maddening to know all it takes is one little egg that gets missed.
Hi SS and gang.....I had a mite infestation in 2014, my first year of growing....I suspended operation for 3 months....I was broken...I swabbed down 1500 sq. feet of drywall, sanitized all my pots and bottoms....It was horrific....then I burned sulfur......crazy shit.....but I eradicated.....didn't know if I could grow again mentally.....but I am and kicking ass, it's humbling.....strive on everyone....if I can do it, so can you.....